That said, congressional bailouts are usually legal, and therefore hard to challenge.

One major problem is that congress prone to make legislative decisions based on corporate interests opposed to their other constituents. This is a hard problem to solve, but many people still care about it and try.

It is an election issue for many, primarily fiscal conservatives from either side of of the isle.

Another challenge is that fiscal conservatives are generally ostracized from either party. Parties draw votes along culture war.

At the end of the day, most people who object to student bailouts also object to corporate bailouts. If we could solve only one, I think most people would pick the latter, recognizing it is a bigger problem.